Muscatine, Iowa, 1875 – Vintage Map Wall Art
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Description
Step back in time with Muscatine, Iowa, 1875, an antique map rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Muscatine, Iowa, 1875
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Muscatine, Iowa, in 1875 was a Mississippi River town whose fortunes rested on the water, with steamboats carrying grain, lumber, and goods up and down the channel. Sawmills and lumber yards lined the riverfront, processing logs that arrived by raft from the northern pine forests, and the trade made the town a busy commercial center for the surrounding farm country. German and other European immigrants had settled in the community in large numbers, shaping its churches, schools, and social clubs. Residents of the day would have known Muscatine as a river and lumber town, a place whose economy depended on the Mississippi and the farms beyond it. The later pearl button industry, which grew from river mussels in the 1890s, would transform the town's identity in years still ahead.
| Created / published | 1875 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Iowa |
| Original scan | 4,120 × 5,208 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | IA-Muscatine-1875 |
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